See also: 1872 in literature, other events of 1873, 1874 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1871 in literature, other events of 1872, 1873 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1873 in literature, other events of 1874, 1875 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
• La Corde au cou - Emile Gaboriau
• The Fiend's Delight - Ambrose Bierce
• The Gilded Age - Mark Twain (with Charles Warner)
• Miss or Mrs.? - Wilkie Collins
• Nancy - Rhoda Broughton
• The New Magdalen - Wilkie Collins
• The Poison Tree - Bankim Chatterjee
• Publicans and Sinners - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• Quatre-vingt-treize - Victor Hugo
• Sea-gift - Edwin W. Fuller
• Tales for Christmas Eve - Rhoda Broughton
• Work: A Story of Experience - Louisa May Alcott
• Une Saison en Enfer - Arthur Rimbaud

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours) is a classic adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1872. ... Jules Verne. ... Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), a French mystery writer, novelist, and journalist, one of the pioneers of modern detective fiction. ... Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – date of death uncertain, possibly December 1913 or early 1914, presumably in Mexico) was an American satirist, and critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. ... The term Gilded Age refers to the political and economic nature situation of the United States from approximately 1876-1900. ... Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... Categories: People stubs ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Categories: People stubs ... Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was born on 27th June 1838 in the village Kantalpara of the Twenty-four Paraganas District of Bengal. ... Mary Elizabeth Braddon British novelist (1837 - 1915) . Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1837 - February 4, 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist Born in London in England, Braddon was privately educated and worked as an actress for three years in order to able to support herself and her mother. ... Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French author, the most important of the Romantic authors in the French language. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women (1868). ... French poet Arthur Rimbauds Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell) dates itself April through August 1873, but these are dates of completion. ... Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born on October 20, 1854, in Charleville and died on November 10, 1891 in Marseille. ...

Births

• January 20 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel prize winner († 1950)
• January 28 - Colette, writer († 1954)
• April 22 - Ellen Glasgow († 1945)
• May 17 - Henri Barbusse († 1935)
• December 7 - Willa Cather († 1947)
• December 17 - Ford Madox Ford († 1939)

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (January 20, 1873 - November 25, 1950) was a Danish author. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was an American novelist from Richmond, Virginia. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873 - August 30, 1935) was a French novelist and journalist. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Willa Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent female American authors. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Deaths

• January 18 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author
• February 7 - Sheridan Le Fanu, writer
• September 28 - Emile Gaboriau, novelist

January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and novels concerning the strange and supernatural. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). ... Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), a French mystery writer, novelist, and journalist, one of the pioneers of modern detective fiction. ...

Awards